The Battles of the Somme
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Some of them were already on the highest ground, stand- ing, single figures, black against the sky. They stood there a second or two, then jumped down and disappeared. They were in the German trenches, close to Thiepval.
"Magnificent!" said a French officer who was standing close to me. "By God! your men are fine!" They were wonderful. The German barrages did not stop them. They went through and on as though proof against shells. Some men did not go on, and fell on the side of the slope, but it... seemed to me there were not many of them.
In the centre of the German trenches was a strong point or redoubt, with machine-guns. It was one of those deadly places that have often checked one of our attacks, and cost many brave lives. But I could see that our men were all round it. One single figure was an heroic silhouette against the blue of the sky. He was bombing the redoubt, and as he flung his bombs the attitude of the man was full of grace like a Greek disc-thrower. A German shell burst close to him and he was engulfed in its upheaval, but whether he was killed or not I could not tell.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Some of them were already on the highest ground, stand- ing, single figures, black against the sky. They stood there a second or two, then jumped down and disappeared. They were in the German trenches, close to Thiepval.
"Magnificent!" said a French officer who was standing close to me. "By God! your men are fine!" They were wonderful. The German barrages did not stop them. They went through and on as though proof against shells. Some men did not go on, and fell on the side of the slope, but it... seemed to me there were not many of them.
In the centre of the German trenches was a strong point or redoubt, with machine-guns. It was one of those deadly places that have often checked one of our attacks, and cost many brave lives. But I could see that our men were all round it. One single figure was an heroic silhouette against the blue of the sky. He was bombing the redoubt, and as he flung his bombs the attitude of the man was full of grace like a Greek disc-thrower. A German shell burst close to him and he was engulfed in its upheaval, but whether he was killed or not I could not tell.
What to read after The Battles of the Somme?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gibbs Philip to read onlineMoreLess
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